Celebrities Who’ve Gone Bankrupt — or Come Real Close (PHOTOS)

Celebrities Who’ve Gone Bankrupt — or Come Real Close

Fame and riches often go hand in hand (dolla dolla bill, y’all!), but when stars get a little too free with their finances, bad things happen. Like going broke... or bankrupt.

For example, Nicolas Cage probably shouldn’t have purchased a dinosaur skull and two European castles, and Kim Basinger didn’t really need that small Southern town.

Click on for 14 celebrities who have found themselves in precarious financial positions, whether by their own profligate spending or as a result of pricey legal troubles. In the wise words of Notorious B.I.G. (RIP), mo money, mo problems.